5-632: The UNCAF Interclub Cup was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region (Central America). The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, to which the top three teams advanced. Starting in 2008, all of the Central American nations have one or two teams qualifying directly to
10-593: A new women's tournament was introduced. In 2016, the Central American Football Union revived the competition by inaugurating a tournament open to women's clubs. Costa Rican side Moravia obtained the first tournament contested in Costa Rica . As opposed to the men's cup, this tournament is played in a fixed host. Union Centroamericana de F%C3%BAtbol The Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol (Central American Football Union), more commonly known by
15-576: Is the most successful team, winning the tournament eight times. Honduras won the tournament four times while Guatemala and Panama won once each. This tournament usually ran as a qualification round for the CONCACAF Gold Cup . The UNCAF also ran the Copa Interclubes UNCAF , a competition for the champions and runners-up of the domestic leagues of the UNCAF members; C.D. Motagua ( Honduras )
20-400: The acronym UNCAF , represents the national football teams of Central America : Belize , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , and Panama . Its member associations are part of CONCACAF . The UNCAF organize various competitions. The Copa Centroamericana was played every two years from 1991 until 2017, and usually featured the seven national teams. Costa Rica
25-565: The expanded CONCACAF Champions League , thus this tournament ceased to be played. The tournament had been known as the Copa Fraternidad Centroamericana from 1971 to 1983. It was discontinued between 1983 and 1996, when it was revived as the Torneo Grandes de Centroamerica . In 1998, the tournament was renamed Copa Interclubes UNCAF . It was held on an annual basis between 1998 and the last edition played in 2007. In 2016,
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